....::. Brief historical news .:.

The history of this territory is linked above all to the saint Costabile Gentilcore IV abbot of the Ss.ma Trinità of Cava de' Tirreni. In the same year when he became abbot, he started the jobs of construction of the Castle of the angel (October 10 th 1123), that, subsequently entitled to him, it gave origin to the name of the suburb: Castrum Abbatis, the castle of the Abbate, Castellabate.
The abbot Costabile died, on 17of February 1124; his successor was the abbot Simeone, who completed the construction of the castle.
In 1553 Castellabate was bought by Marino Freccia, some years later Carlo Caracciolo became the new owner, then it passed to Loffredo family and from this to the Filomarino. Subsequently it passed to the family Granito . The feud, with the portolania of Omignano and other jurisdictions on the earths of Fortress of Cilento, Montecorice, S. Maria to Sea, Rutino and S. Lorenzo passed then for succession (July 20 th 1767) of Paride, to the son Angelo and from this to his son Luigi. The title passed to Gioacchino the second-born of his brother… and finally to his child Angel (n. 21 October 1782 ms. June 29 th 1861). He married the noble Paolina Pignatelli, princess of Belmonte, from which Gioacchino (November 2 nd 1849) got the title of prince of Belmonte…”.

....::. The Park of Cilento .:.

The second national Park of Italy for extension (178.172 protected hectares - D. L. n° 394 of 6.12.1991), Reserve of biosphere Mab-Unesco, Patrimony world Unesco, center of one of the most ancient medical schools and one of the most ancient and important schools of thought (Elea - Parmenide and Zenone, century V to C.), country of the Mediterranean Diet (rediscovered by Ancel Keys, inventor of the famous Ration Kappa). Cilento has, therefore, noble origins and a prestigious present. The national Park of Cilento extends northward Agropoli-Castellabate, Scario southward. Westward there are 100 Kms of coast bathed by a clear sea that it assures the blue Flag of Europe and the Five sails to different places like: (Castellabate, Agropoli and Pollica). The peaks of Cilento are rich of vegetation (they are around 2000 the floristic kinds till now individualized and of rare faunistics kinds (wolf, wild cat, black woodpecker, and royal eagle).